As Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reboot Production Begins, Fans Are Attempting to Analyse Behind the Scenes Photos For Clues

Buffy the Vampire Slayer prima Sarah Michelle Gellar has fixed fans a promising update connected the series' upcoming reboot, which has conscionable held its archetypal array read.

Gellar, who serves arsenic an enforcement shaper and volition besides prima successful the series' caller aviator episode, joined different formed members and unit this Monday, July 21, for a read-through of the episode's script, arsenic seen successful a mates of down the scenes photos posted connected Instagram.

Now, resourceful fans are attempting to analyse that publication for clues, via a classical lawsuit of enhancing images — and judge they whitethorn person worked retired the names of immoderate cardinal characters.

Behind the scenes photos amusement Gellar's publication for the episode, simply titled Episode 101 "Pilot". Curiously, however, the sanction of the reboot bid has been censored by Gellar — is it not called Buffy the Vampire Slayer anymore?

But fans are much funny successful the reverse of the script's apical page, which appears to diagnostic a database of characters seen successful the episode. Buffy herself looks to beryllium astatine the apical of the list, arsenic Buffy "Anne" Summers, and fans accidental they tin past spot a fig of different names — including Poppy, Hugo, Gracie, and Mr. Burke.

Intriguingly, respective of these names were antecedently noted successful a casting breakdown, leaked backmost successful March by amusement manufacture insider Daniel Richtman.

Gracie was reported to beryllium the champion person of the series' caller pb quality played by young histrion Ryan Kiera Armstrong (more connected her successful a moment). Gracie is besides seemingly a instrumentality of Buffy — a fig who is presumably present celebrated aft repeatedly redeeming the world.

Hugo was reported to beryllium a "nerd from a affluent family" who has a crush connected Armstrong's character. Mr. Burke, meanwhile, was reported to beryllium the caller schoolhouse librarian — stepping into the aforesaid shoes arsenic Giles successful the archetypal series.

That leak named Armstrong's main quality arsenic "Nova", whereas fans accidental the aviator episode's publication looks to database her arsenic "Poppy" — with apical billing conscionable nether Sarah Michelle Gellar herself. So what's going connected present — volition it beryllium Nova oregon Poppy, oregon thing else? For now, we don't cognize — though it's not antithetic for quality names to alteration during pre-production, oregon beryllium obscured with codenames to debar leaks specified arsenic this.

"I emotion the sanction Poppy," wrote 1 fan. "Honestly, Poppy arsenic a Slayer would beryllium hilarious," wrote different successful response.

As for wherefore Buffy herself is credited arsenic Buffy "Anne" Summers, fans person suggested the Slayer is erstwhile again attempting to run nether the radar, and utilizing her mediate sanction arsenic pseudonym erstwhile again.

Gellar antecedently said that she wanted the reboot to bring backmost the show's archetypal formed of characters — including "everyone who has died." Speaking to IGN, Charisma Carpenter, prima of Buffy and its spin-off Angel, has said she was hopeful of a relation successful the franchise's upcoming reboot, contempt her quality Cordelia's "unjust" demise.

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